I am a disaster-trained emergency physician, and public health expert. And in disaster or epidemic preparedness, rapid reimbursement is a matter of readiness capacity.

A medical decision should be made on the basis of science and evidence, not on the basis of politics and ideology.

As labor goes, so goes America. When workers' rights are diminished, our middle class struggles. This economy has made millions and billions for millionaires and billionaires, but middle-class families feel left behind. Their wages fail to…

Block-granting Medicaid will increase out-of- pocket costs, limit patient care, and take away health coverage for millions of Americans across this country. Block-granting Medicaid is just another way of cutting Medicaid. To reduce costs…

I am also working on legislation to require manufacturers to label the vaping products, not just the packaging, to make it clear that nicotine in vaping is addictive and harmful to health.

It would also prohibit the sales of products that are clearly being used to attract teens with the ability to easily conceal their use like this sweatshirt.

Everyone here agrees that youth should not be using vaping products, but it is still happening at disturbing rates.

Clearly, flavors have been a target for youth.

The No VAPE Act would increase penalties on retailers who sell vape products to underage teens.

I am proud of the growing Iranian American community in my district, California's 36th. I have spoken with members of the community, and I have watched the protests in Iran. I am increasingly concerned and outraged at what we are…

Airborne hazards are real for my constituents. I grew up there, and enough is enough.

I only have seven minutes, and I just want to make a very important statement here, that, as you conduct your data collections, you have got to ensure that you have a diverse sample of populations.

We need to work to increase coverage, and expand Medicaid, not take it away.

It is appropriate that on National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, I rise to recognize California Highway Patrol Assistant Division Chief Laura Quattlebaum for her years with the California Highway Patrol and congratulate her on her…

I rise on behalf of Americans in my district and across the country who are anxious that the events of this past week are sending us down a path to war with Iran. Over the past week, I have been thinking most about our servicemembers and…

What I can answer is that PFAS can be harmful to one's health even though they may have a utility for a medical device.

Even small levels of PFAS can be harmful to the public's health. The PFAS Action Act of 2019 will help address this public health issue by establishing a maximum contaminant level for PFAS in drinking water, provide funds to help…

There was an excellent question posed by a nonphysician as to why it would be safe for a medical device to exist within the baby and approved by the FDA, and I think it is important to understand the physiology of what is the…

And some of these jobs don't offer that kind of insurance, and they just think that they are automatically going to get Medicare, and they don't.

I grew up in the Coachella Valley, and oftentimes people think of Palm Springs, Indian Wells, Rancho Mirage with lush country clubs...

So let's say they work for 3, 4, 5 years. That is a 50 percent increase in premiums for the rest of their lives.

Therefore, they miss out and they are late, and that has consequences, multiple consequences.

As a citizen of the United States of America, the greatest experiment in democracy that our world has ever known, as the duly elected U.S. House Representative of my home communities of the Coachella Valley, San Gorgonio Pass, and the San…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We already have hundreds of drugs in the market that millions of Americans do not have access to and cannot get because they are not affordable. Seniors in my district are walking out of the pharmacy…

Many servicemembers and veterans across the country who have been exposed to military burn pits are becoming ill. Many are dying due to cancers and suffering from severe pulmonary and autoimmune diseases. We have the chance to end the use…